Uncle Cáscoles’ House, now an Ecomuseum, shows us the building techniques and the different materials. It gives visitors an idea of the typical lifestyle in this town (Romangordo) and these houses. The Museum of the Route of the English chronicles the battle of the bridge of New Place, which took place during the Peninsular War.
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A Casa do Tío Cáscoles, hoxe convertida en ecomuseo amosa as técnicas construtivas e os distintos materiais. O visitante queda cunha idea de como era a forma de vida nesta localidade (Romangordo) e nestas casas. O centro de interpretación da Ruta dos Ingleses narra a batalla da ponte do Lugar Novo, que tivo lugar durante a Guerra da Independencia. Continue Reading

Today we visited the amazing Monfragüe National Park, a must in our immersion programme. Multilingual hiking experience, breath-taking views, celebration of friendship and mutual understanding…Enjoy the pics.
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Yesterday, after a whole day full of workshops, games, museums…the students talked to us about their impressions on the day programme and, right away, they had a class on American Indians with us, the teachers. Kety and I introduced the subject and related it to how tribes respected nature in every single aspect of their lives. Kety did a wonderful job in our CLIL-related class and I am really positive that she will join me and Clara Cristela in our bilingual programme in the IES Xulián Magariños next year. The students worked in groups and gave themselves the name of a tribe (Navajo, Inuit…) as well as a particular name that they themselves made up: flying eagles, tired donkeys, funny pigs, crazy cows and red faces. They watched two videos about Indian life with topics ranging from clothes and food to weapons and house-building. They had to take down some notes and make a decision about who would represent the group for communication of ideas about the topics presented. We were amazed by how the students got to communicate their opinions on the topics proposed. Continue Reading